Employed persons working: % of total employment … home in Netherlands
Netherlands: Employed persons working: % of total employment … home was 40.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of in Netherlands, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for employed persons working from home by professional status - % of in Netherlands is 40.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 95.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employed persons working from home by professional status - % of in Netherlands peaked at 40.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 20.7%, in 2015.
That places Netherlands 1st out of 47 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Employed persons working: % of total employment … home in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20.7% | — |
| 2016 | 21.0% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 21.2% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 21.4% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 22.7% | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 22.1% | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 33.3% | +50.7% |
| 2022 | 37.1% | +11.4% |
| 2023 | 38.8% | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 39.4% | +1.5% |
| 2025 | 40.5% | +2.8% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 40.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.9%, 3.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 40.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 12.4%, 3.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21.4% | 20.7% | 22.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 35.2% | 22.1% | 40.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More work & labour data for Netherlands
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 5,256 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.71 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,535 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.03 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.834 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 130,584 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 94,797 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.03 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.4 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.1112 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employed persons working from home by professional status - % of in Netherlands?
- Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of in Netherlands was 40.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest employed persons working from home by professional status - % of recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 40.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest employed persons working from home by professional status - % of recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.7% in 2015.
- How does Netherlands rank for employed persons working from home by professional status - % of?
- Netherlands ranks 1st out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employed persons working from home by professional status - % of rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of total employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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